Getting frustrated with the number of Apport error messages that keep popping up, like in the image below telling you 'The application [app] has closed unexpectedly.'? Follow these simple steps to disable the messages.

Open The Apport Configuration File

Open up a terminal Ctrl+Alt+t) and enter the following command:

sudo nano /etc/default/apport

You should see the contents of the file which will look like this:

# set this to 0 to disable apport, or to 1 to enable it
# you can temporarily override this with
# sudo service apport start force_start=1
enabled=1

Edit The File

Using the arrows on the keyboard navigate to the end on the file and change the '1'
to a '0' like below:

enabled=0

Save The Changes

Press Ctrl+x then hit Y followed by Enter to confirm you want to save the changes.

The changes will take effect either after a reboot or running the following command:

sudo restart apport

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